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Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet

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Name
  
Sir Agnew,

Role
  
Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw


Died
  
July 14, 1928

Party
  
Liberal Unionist Party

Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet

Spouse
  
Gertrude Vernon Agnew (m. 1889)

Parents
  
Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet

Education
  
Trinity College, Cambridge, Harrow School

Grandparents
  
Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet

Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet, JP (14 August 1850 – 14 July 1928) was a British Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament.

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Succession

Agnew was the son of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet and Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel, and succeeded his father as 9th Baronet Agnew, of Lochnaw on the latter's death on 25 March 1892. On his own death in 1928 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Fulque Agnew.

Education

He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

Agnew was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st Ayrshire and Galloway Artillery Volunteers on 28 February 1900, and rose to the rank of captain before he retired. He was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South from 1900 to 1906. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtownshire on 21 March 1904. He was Justice of the Peace for Wigtownshire.

Family

He married Gertrude Vernon, daughter of Hon. Gowran Charles Vernon and Caroline Fazakerley, on 15 October 1889, but the marriage produced no children. Lady Agnew was the subject of a famous portrait by John Singer Sargent.

References

Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet Wikipedia